Health Care

Positive clinical trial results for Merck & Co's experimental antiviral COVID-19 pill reverberated through the health care sector on Friday, sending the drugmaker's stock price soaring while denting high-flying shares of vaccine companies and makers of other coronavirus therapies.

In its first Public Safety Alert in six years, the agency said that there is a "significant nationwide surge in counterfeit pills that are mass-produced by criminal drug networks in labs" and are "deceptively marketed as legitimate prescription pills" online, according to the agency.

The safes, which help to prevent robberies by delaying the time it takes for pharmacy employees to open the safe, are part of the company's commitment in building healthier and safer communities, CVS said.

Hochul could tap the National Guard to replace health care workers that will miss the state deadline to become fully vaccinated

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday she is prepared to call in medically trained National Guard members, retirees and workers outside New York to address potential staffing shortages caused by an approaching vaccine mandate for health care workers.

Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the U.S. moves toward dispensing COVID-19 booster shots to shore up Americans' protection against the virus.

Apple is working on features designed to detect depression, anxiety, autism and the cognitive decline that can develop into Alzheimer’s and other kinds of dementia, according to a Tuesday report in the Wall Street Journal.

The Department of Justice has announced charges against 138 people -- including doctors and nurses -- who the feds say were part of alleged health care fraud rings allegedly totaling $1.4 billion.

Federal health officials on Friday announced a $2.1 billion investment to strengthen infection prevention and control measures against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases across the public healthcare sector.

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has defended the Biden administration's new COVID-19 vaccine mandate as legal questions and challenges mount.

A rise in flu cases could further strain hospitals already overwhelmed by COVID-19.

Moderna has started submitting data for the evaluation of a third booster dose at the 50 µg dose level to both the Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency. The booster dose has been found to produce "robust antibody responses" in a phase 2 study.

The Biden administration plans to take administrative action, in addition to legislative actions taken by Congress, to lower prescription drug prices.

Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes is facing a criminal trial in federal court in San Jose, Calif., on charges that she defrauded investors and patients by lying about the accuracy of her company’s finger-prick blood-testing technology. She has pleaded not guilty to charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

The CEO and co-founder of the online career platform, The Muse, joined FOX Business’ “Mornings with Maria” and suggested a worker’s age impacts an employee’s work environment preferences.

Airport figures throughout August, barring a few exceptions, hovered right below the 2 million mark.

Among the families who lost children and other loved ones in the nation's opioid crisis, many had held out hope of someday facing OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners in a courtroom.

Improper payments by Medicaid – a federal-state health insurance program for the poor – surpass the number of improper payments for all other federal programs, and a group of lawmakers is pushing for more information.

A federal bankruptcy judge is expected to rule Wednesday on whether to accept a settlement between OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, the states and thousands of local governments over an opioid crisis that has killed a half-million Americans over the last two decades.

The added pressure from the pandemic and high pay rates for travel nurses could spur a permanent reset of wages for all nurses, said April Kapu, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.